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The article explores the downturn in the housing market of Las Vegas, Nevada. It relates the decline in median home prices and the level of new-home construction in Las Vegas. It states the increase in the rate of foreclosures in Las Vegas. Real estate consultant John Burns describes the role of...
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- Home Prices Declined in Feb. as Struggles Continue. // American Banker;4/27/2011, Vol. 176 Issue 65, p10
The article reports that U.S. home prices declined in February 2011. The article notes that foreclosure increases may further depress prices and that falling property values limit construction and consumer spending. February data from the Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index of property values...
- What's in the cards? Norwood, Graham // EG: Estates Gazette;11/26/2005, Issue 547, p91
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- Some Economists Foresee a Spring Housing Recovery. Collins, Brian // National Mortgage News;11/17/2008, Vol. 33 Issue 9, p6
The article offers the economists' views on the possible recovery of the housing market in spring season. Chief economist John Silva of Wachovia Corp. notes that housing recovery will start in spring because the government is spending a ton of money to revive the economy and the house prices and...
- Hoosiers: Local housing market shows stability. Litten, H. James // Indianapolis Business Journal;8/27/2007, Vol. 28 Issue 25, p33B
The article analyzes the housing market in Indianapolis, Indiana in July 2007, as the U.S. national housing market declines due to low home price, low home sales and foreclosures. According to RealtyTrac, Indiana ranks tenth in the U.S. for foreclosures, but according to the author, Indiana's...
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The article reports on an increase in the sale of single-family homes in Las Vegas, Nevada, in September 2008. According to the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors, single-family home sales tripled during the period, from the same month in 2007 and inventory remained stable. It notes that...
- 'Housing Downturn to Extend'. Harmon, Jennifer // National Mortgage News;7/28/2008, Vol. 32 Issue 42, p8
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